Norman Leslie: A Tale of the Present TimesHarper & Bros., 1841 - 864 páginas |
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... woman ! " " How she glows in this bracing air , and seems to exult in the mere act of living ! Her cheeks put poetry to shame ! I wish I were a painter , Leslie . " " There are painters a plenty , " rejoined Leslie , " who would despair ...
... woman ! " " How she glows in this bracing air , and seems to exult in the mere act of living ! Her cheeks put poetry to shame ! I wish I were a painter , Leslie . " " There are painters a plenty , " rejoined Leslie , " who would despair ...
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... woman ! " interrupted How- ard , with his eyes fixed full on the face of a lady , who , on foot , and leading by the hand an uncom- monly handsome child , was attempting to cross the street . At the sight of Leslie , his father had ...
... woman ! " interrupted How- ard , with his eyes fixed full on the face of a lady , who , on foot , and leading by the hand an uncom- monly handsome child , was attempting to cross the street . At the sight of Leslie , his father had ...
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... woman's love " ( though this last is a slander ) . " No , sar , he is not , " replied the consequential black servant . " Please hand the count this note , with the re- spects of Mrs. Temple . " Ring - ring - ring . " Does not Count ...
... woman's love " ( though this last is a slander ) . " No , sar , he is not , " replied the consequential black servant . " Please hand the count this note , with the re- spects of Mrs. Temple . " Ring - ring - ring . " Does not Count ...
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... woman , formed for the wife of a poet , whose life would glide happily away amid the green shades of the country - a woman to read to during the long winter nights - to converse with when the overworked mind and heart are wearied and ex ...
... woman , formed for the wife of a poet , whose life would glide happily away amid the green shades of the country - a woman to read to during the long winter nights - to converse with when the overworked mind and heart are wearied and ex ...
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... woman with a spring of satisfied affection flowing freshly at her heart . Sunshine is too dim for a comparison . Such a woman we have all seen ; but such a woman was not Mrs. Temple . Her portrait might be appropriately hung opposite to ...
... woman with a spring of satisfied affection flowing freshly at her heart . Sunshine is too dim for a comparison . Such a woman we have all seen ; but such a woman was not Mrs. Temple . Her portrait might be appropriately hung opposite to ...
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accused ancholy appeared asked beautiful behold beneath bosom breath bright Broadway character charming cheek cold counsel Count Clairmont countenance court cried crowd dear Mary death Demosthenes doubt duellist eloquence evidence excited exclaimed eyes face father favour fear feeling Flora Temple French army gaze gentlemen Germain girl glance grace guilty hand happy head hear heart heaven honour hope Howard human innocence interest Jemmy judge jury knew Kreutzner laugh lawyer Leslie's light lips look Loring lover ment Mentz mind Miss Romain Miss Temple Moreland morning Morton murder ness never New-York night noble Norman Leslie Oakum once pale passed passion pause perhaps prisoner rendered replied Norman Rosalie Romain rose Samson Agonistes sentiment silence sister smile soul stood suddenly sweet Temple's thing thou thought tone trembled tremour triumph truth turbed vate voice whispered witness woman words young lady youth
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Página 153 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Página 38 - I fear, too early : for my mind misgives, Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels...
Página 94 - 11 ne'er blame my partial fancy : Naething could resist my Nancy! But to see her was to love her, Love but her and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met — or never parted — We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ! Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest I Thine be ilka joy and treasure, Peace, enjoyment, love and pleasure...
Página 133 - Then to advise how war may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage; besides, to know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done.
Página 214 - Loud peals of thunder from the poles ensue; Then flashing fires the transient light renew; The face of things a frightful image bears, And present death in various forms appears. Struck with unusual fright, the Trojan chief, With lifted hands and eyes, invokes relief; And, "Thrice and four times happy those," he cried, "That under Ilian walls before their parents died!
Página 125 - I wish for balmy sleep, but wish in vain; Love has no bounds in pleasure, or in pain. What frenzy, shepherd, has thy soul possess'd?
Página 91 - To-night then be it," said Mentz, " though to-night my hand is not steady, for wine and anger are no friends to the nerves." " Dost thou refuse me then ?" demanded the youth with a sneer. " By the mass, no ; but to-night is dark, the moon is down, the stars are clouded, and the wind goes by in heavy puffs and gusts. Hear it even now !" " Therefore," said the youth, apparently more coldly composed as his fierce rival grew more perceptibly agitated, — " therefore will we lay down our lives here,...
Página 55 - Then, riding up to them, he cried out, "Shough! shough!" which made them set down the other foot, and after taking a step or two, they all flew away. Currado then turned to him, and said, "Well, thou lying knave, art thou now convinced that they have two legs?" Chichibio, quite at his wit's end, and scarcely knowing whether he was on his head or his heels, suddenly made answer, "Yes, sir; but you did not shout out 'Shough! shough!' to that crane last night, as you have done to these; if you had,...
Página 89 - But! he added, suddenly rising and drawing up his figure, with a dignity that silenced every breath, ' for thee, thou drunken, bragging, foolish beast ! I scorn — I spit upon — I defy thee ! and — thus be punished thy base, brutal insolence, and thy stupid presumption.' " As he spoke he dashed the contents of the ample goblet full into the face of Mentz; and then, with all his strength, hurled the massy goblet itself at the same mark. The giant reeled and staggered a few paces back ; and, amid...
Página 86 - ... curiosity at once arose to witness the result ; for Mentz had sworn that he would compel Arnold, on their first meeting, to beg pardon on his knees for the audacity of having addressed his mistress. It had not appeared that Arnold knew any thing of Mentz's character, for he sat cheerfully and...